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Engine overheats at idle, cools at 15k RPM's. Rocky Coast at 4:16pm 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 10/2038 1984 Catalina 30, Westerbeke 25XP diesel. New boat to me, on the hard running on hose to salt water
Anyone know what this is? (3) enorfleet at 1:37pm 05.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1992 Found this in the engine bilge of my 1983 Hunter 34. No idea where it came from. Can anyone help?
Intake Silencer (1) SV Bella at 11:20am 05.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/4784 What maintenance is required for the intake silencer? 05H41DS Yanmar 56hp 4JH4E What's inside there
Bed-It Tape is back! (1) Phil Herring at 9:51am 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 24/6894 Almost. :thumbup: Thanks to the efforts of Maine Sail and his firm Compass Marine, we're very proud
Stuffing Box & Cutlass Bearing Plymouth Sailor at 8:12am 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 3/549 Does anyone know how to perform a simple test to ensure all is well with the prop assembly, i e sig
looking for a salvaged Catalina 22 keel Jim Eller at 6:33am 05.24.22 Catalina 22 4/650 A friend's 1998 Catalina Sport lost her keel. It was her second time out on a boat she had just pur
Rudder Packing (2) RoyS at 5:35am 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 0/349 One job I hate is to adjust the rudder shaft packing. It is difficult to access and there is only ro
Air conditioner water pump not working TimFromLI at 8:32pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 11/3018 At the end of last season, I noticed that one of my AC water hoses looked like it needed to be retir
Hunter 45 cc - Sliding Companionway Door - Tape Springs Miss JibSea at 7:56pm 05.23.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/606 Anyone having to routinely replace the tape springs for the sliding companion way door? They break
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training dkinzer at 7:33pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1978 Our boat is slipped in Portland, OR but we would like to develop the skills to cross the Columbia Ba
Lake Cruise II-May 2022 ShotgunSlim at 6:52pm 05.23.22 Catalina 22 0/341 The first trip up to the lake was so good I just had to return another time and stay an extra day ou
Catalina 30 Depth Finder Problem jim.m at 2:59pm 05.23.22 Mid-Size Boats 8/2627 Hi All, Last season I purchased and installed a Raymarine DST-800 transducer to replace original kno
Help on Replacing rubber T-Track Endstop (1) antoineH336 at 1:22pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 2/555 205598 Hello all ! Looking to replace the end teack bumper pads on my 1997 H336. But before tryin
Dirty Fuel Rasselas36 at 1:20pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1345
Navigation Question - Long Island Amityville to Atlantic Ocean (1) EdWard3 at 10:35am 05.23.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/468 Heading out to NJ Southern coast from Amityville, NY. Does anyone have a suggestion on which channe
Flush thru-hulls flange/head size on Catalina 42. (2) BourbonS at 9:34am 05.23.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1333 Dear Forum, Could you please kindly help me with this: I've got my Catalina 42 1992 last November.
2003 Catalina 36 Propane Tank (1) sdwardforblue at 7:53am 05.23.22 Big Boats 4/2113 I would like to purchase an extra propane tank for our 2003 Catalina 36 MKII - tall rig. It has a H
2004 Hunter 33 - Need a windlass fix or replacement psjacob at 7:53am 05.23.22 Parts Search 5/1158 The original windlass is no longer available. Is there anyones here who have a suggestion of a repla
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help Dustin7 at 4:32am 05.23.22 Destinations 30/6302 Hello all. I recently purchased a Hunter 27 roughly 450 nautical miles from where her future home is
Hunter 466 - how to unmount the armchair module SailingSelkie at 3:39am 05.23.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/333 We bought a Hunter 466 2002 in october last year. We are busy upgrading the electric system and as p

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Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 1:01pm 07.31.25 A pipe wrench is not a good tool for this job. A pipe wrench grips pipes with the teeth on the jaws
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance testingthewaters91 at 1:00pm 07.31.25
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge dlochner at 1:00pm 07.31.25 But now I think I'm going to check and see if the Snap on catalog has a torque pipe wrench. A pip
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge kappykaplan at 12:58pm 07.31.25 And what is a Snap On Catalog Snap On sells sockets, wrenches, etc.
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 12:56pm 07.31.25 Well I didn't know all that and thank you for the new information although I'm not sure I'm totally
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 12:55pm 07.31.25
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance Don S/V ILLusion at 12:54pm 07.31.25
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge LLoyd B at 12:53pm 07.31.25 Well I didn't know all that and thank you for the new information although I'm not sure I'm totally
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance testingthewaters91 at 12:51pm 07.31.25
Possible Transmission Oil Leak at Shift Lever - Kanzaki KM2P (2) testingthewaters91 at 12:49pm 07.31.25
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance (1) Tally Ho at 12:46pm 07.31.25
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance testingthewaters91 at 12:43pm 07.31.25 Update: I heard back from someone knowledgeable on this setup from Edson. Looks like my Edson wheel
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge Tally Ho at 12:43pm 07.31.25 So this prop (and likely prop shaft) was installed about three years ago when a new Yanmar 2gm20f w
3d printing for boats. (1) Hayden Watson at 12:40pm 07.31.25 Ok, it is official. I am having too much fun.
Removing Raymarine ST4000+ from Edson Destroyer Wheel -- Need Guidance (5) Tally Ho at 12:38pm 07.31.25
Merit 22 owners (2) RussC at 12:33pm 07.31.25 I'm getting close to launch time. just a couple more little things to take care of and hoping that o
3d printing for boats. (1) Hayden Watson at 12:32pm 07.31.25 For those without printers, you can do this with dryer vent fittings and DWV fittings. Also RV AC
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge testingthewaters91 at 12:14pm 07.31.25 Usually, if the nut is secure on the threads, the only safe way to release the nut and prop, is wit
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge capta at 12:07pm 07.31.25
Need Help: Prop Shaft Jam Nut Won't Budge BigEasy at 12:07pm 07.31.25 Use a combination of large wood blocks (like the ones used to support the keel) & a smaller piece (l

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